Lewis Smith Caboose, Ink and Crayon on Graham Cracker Box Cardboard lenticular lenses On one edge of the

On one edge of the page our subject is so intently writing upon is printed "Salvation Army"--perhaps the joke here being that the soul of our Y

8 5/8" t x 7 7/8" (base is 7" long) x 1 1/2" d (at base)

It's great with flowers or just on its own

or the starting point for making a folksy tray

but I’ve never seen one like this

Lewis Smith Caboose, Ink and Crayon on Graham Cracker Box Cardboard lenticular lenses On one edge of theOne more often sees Lewis Smith's drawings of women boxers and wrestlers and diners, but the first love of the the self taught Ohio artist (1907 1988) was trains, the subject of his earliest, very detailed drawings, dating to the 1920s and it was a lifetime railroad pass that allowed him to travel beyond the family farm in rural Ohio to pursue his other subjects. He returned to the train in this later work, c. 1980s I believe, ink and crayon on